It takes a second to hurt
A little group of words
A bunch of letters of pain
In random fashion arranged

Meaning so little to the speaker
And to stranger couldn't be bleaker
Like blood drops on butter paper
The image dry and fading weaker

But to someone quiet and concerned
Like a cattle branding iron burn
Like bitter wind on dry flaked cheeks
On cold days through loneliest of weeks

No use then to bend and fall on your feet
No use now to buckle and beg on your knees
Let the silence be answer to those words
In time of freedom we will learn

There is no me, there is no you, instead;
There is only vengeance of deepest red

If by chance you see
my soul in sensless wander
Know I am not lost

Take into consideration
Everything that’s come before
As you watch the end of time unfold
No amount of education
Could prepare you for the truth
These are stories no one’s ever told
Everything we’ve ever said
And everything we’ve ever done
Will be an equal weight upon our souls
With everything we’ve never said
And everything we’ve never done
We’ve fooled ourselves…we thought we had control
See the mighty fall beside
The weak and powerless
Wasting every hope we had for growing old
Such a reign of fire
Burning all our sins away
But in the end, the world will be so cold

The world is washed in grey
Differences are stripped away
We’re one in the ashes
One in the ashes
All our fighting was in vain
We are one in the ashes
And in the end we all will lose control

Take into consideration
Everything we’re fighting for
Even though the world’s become so cold
No amount of devastation
Could destroy the bitter truth
Love is something few of us have shown
Everything we’ve never said
And everything we’ve never done
Self-ingested poisons take their toll
Everything we should have said
And everything we should have done
We lost ourselves the day we lost control
See the mighty fall beside
The weak and powerless
Wasting every hope we had for growing old
Such a reign of fire
Burning all our sins away
But in the end, our hearts will be so cold

The world is washed in grey
Differences are stripped away
We’re one in the ashes
One in the ashes
All our fighting was in vain
We are one in the ashes
And in the end we all will lose control

Take into consideration
Everything you’ve lost before
As you watch your peace of mind unfold
Not one word of explanation
Ever will disguise the truth
We’ve become the stories we once told
Everything we’ve ever said
And everything we’ve ever done
Now an equal weight upon our souls
With everything we’ve never said
And everything we’ve never done
We’ve fooled ourselves…we never had control
See the mighty fall beside
The weak and powerless
Wasting every hope we had for growing old
Such a reign of fire
Burning all our sins away
In the end, our hearts have grown so cold

The world is washed in grey
Differences are stripped away
We’re one in the ashes
One in the ashes
All our fighting was in vain
We are one in the ashes
And in the end we all will lose control